Proverbs 10:20

Proverbs chapter 10 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The tongue of the righteous isaschoice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The tongue of the righteous isaschoice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.

Context

v.19In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

v.20This passage

v.21The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 12:34

    Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

  • Jeremiah 17:9

    The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

  • Proverbs 15:4

    A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

  • Genesis 6:5

    And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

  • Proverbs 25:11

    A word fitly spoken Islikeapples of gold in network of silver.

  • Proverbs 12:18

    There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.